Horace Badger, the dean of men of Reliance College has been murdered. Stosh Klewzewski, leader of the violent Catholic White Knights has been charged with the murder. Defending him is Paul Flaherty, the leading criminal defense lawyer in Pennsylvania. Flaherty is faced with the political reality that he has to win the murder trial even though he has come to hate his client and believes him guilty of murder-- possibly not this one, but others.
Southwest Philadelphia in the 40s and 50s was a difficult place to live. The author, Harvey Pitts, grew up in one-room tenements, moving from on to another in an attempt to stay one step ahead of his alcoholic father. Mr. Pitts shares his many experiences throughout the years along with the ups and downs his blessed life has brought him.
Horace Badger, the dean of men of Reliance College has been murdered. Stosh Klewzewski, leader of the violent Catholic White Knights has been charged with the murder. Defending him is Paul Flaherty, the leading criminal defense lawyer in Pennsylvania. Flaherty is faced with the political reality that he has to win the murder trial even though he has come to hate his client and believes him guilty of murder-- possibly not this one, but others.
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